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School: Cúige na Mainseár

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Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 226

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  1. The Famine

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    The time of the famine in Ireland the people were starving of hunger for they had no money to buy anything.
    Here and there you might chance on a little shop. Sometimes when the people would go in for anything the shopkeeper would not have time to give it to them for they would fall dead in the shop. One family of people barred up the windows and bolted the doors and lay down to die. Some of the neighbours bursted in the door but they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Melvin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Anne Craig
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    Over 90
    Address
    Quignamanger, Co. Mayo